NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1 LEYTON ORIENT 0

Northampton Town 1 Leyton Orient 0 - the match report

2 January 2023

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Monday January 2nd, 3.00pm
Sixfields

NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1
Ben Fox 51

LEYTON ORIENT 0

Attendance: 7,475 (1,272 away supporters)

Cobblers: Lee Burge, Tyler Magloire (sub Aaron McGowan 22), Sam Sherring, Jon Guthrie, Akin Odimayo, Marc Leonard, Shaun McWilliams (sub Ben Fox 41), Josh Eppiah (sub Danny Hylton 70), Kieron Bowie, Sam Hoskins, Mitch Pinnock
Subs not used: Jonny Maxted, Ryan Haynes, Max Dyche, Harvey Lintott

Leyton Orient: Lawrence Vigouroux, Tom James, Dan Happe (sub Shadrach Ogie 18), Theo Archibald, Jordan Brown, Jayden Wareham, Idris El Mizouni, Darren Pratley (sub George Moncur 70), Omar Beckles, Charlie Kelman, Rob Hunt (sub Stephen Duke-McKenna 78)
Subs not used: Sam Sargeant, Paul Smyth, Craig Clay, Jayden Sweeney

Referee: Chris Pollard

Booked:
Cobblers: Ben Fox (59), Kieron Bowie (82), Danny Hylton (90)
Leyton Orient: Theo Archibald (64), Idris El Mizouni (83), Omar Beckles (90)

Sent off:
Cobblers: none
Leyton Orient: Omar Beckles (90)

League leaders Leyton Orient were the first visitors to Sixfields in 2023 and boss Jon Brady made three changes with Josh Eppiah, Kieron Bowie and Tyler Magloire all coming into the side. Aaron McGowan and Ben Fox dropped to the bench while Louis Appere joined Ali Koiki on the injury list. Jack Sowerby remained absent due to illness. The passing of footballing great Pele was marked prior to kick off with a minute of applause held in tribute.

Orient were forced into a change when Dan Happe was unable to shake off a knock and the Cobblers were also dealt an injury blow midway through the first half with McGown replacing Magloire.

Lee Burge made a terrific save to deny Darren Pratley the opening goal, tipping over the experienced midfielder’s fiercely struck volley. At the other end Eppiah just failed to get on the end of a good knock down from Jon Guthrie before the Cobblers were dealt a further injury blow when Shaun McWilliams was also unable to continue, Fox coming on for the final few minutes of the first half.

Ben Fox fired the Cobblers in front on 51 minutes, the first half substitute who was sent off in the goalless draw between the two sides at Brisbane Road back in October, finding the bottom corner just moments after a terrific initial save from Lawrence Vigouroux denied Sam Hoskins.

Orient thought they had equalised when Omar Beckles forced the ball home from close range but after speaking to his assistant referee Chris Pollard correctly ruled an O’s player had been offside in the build-up. It was turning into a feisty second half and Orient boss Richie Wellens was shown a yellow card for his protestations against a decision before Theo Archibald was booked following a deliberate trip on Hoskins.

The Cobblers were managing the game extremely well and with the 90 minutes almost up Jon Brady whipped up the crowd to try and help his side close out the victory.

Omar Beckles was sent off in stoppage time for a nasty challenge on McGowan and after over eleven minutes of additional time the referee blew for full-time, the Cobblers kicking off the New Year with a well deserved and hard fought three points against the league leaders.

COBBLERS MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (2) 5
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (1) 2
CORNERS: (2) 6
FOULS: (6) 13
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (2) 2

LEYTON ORIENT MATCH STATS (first half in brackets, match total out of brackets)
SHOTS ON TARGET: (1) 1
SHOTS OFF TARGET: (2) 4
CORNERS: (4) 6
FOULS: (9) 18
CAUGHT OFFSIDE: (0) 4

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Arrangements for Monday's game

1 January 2023

Northampton Town Football Club looks forward to welcoming you to Sixfields for the fixture with Leyton Orient on Monday (3.00pm kick off).

COLLECTING MATCH TICKETS ON ARRIVAL?
Please visit the collection point opposite the ticket office.

BUYING MATCH TICKETS ON ARRIVAL?
There are around 100 tickets available for the game, first come, first served.

Tickets are available on arrival for both home and away fans. Please arrive early if buying on arrival as expected to be very busy.

The ticket office is open from 10am until kick off. Tickets for other games will be on sale before and after the game, but from 2pm until kick off we will only be selling tickets for the Leyton Orient game. Sales for other matches will resume after the game.

Carr's Bar will be open, as will the kiosks on the West Stand concourse and in the corners of the stadium.

Admission will be via the usual turnstiles.

The club store is open both before and after the game.

Please note, while you can collect tickets on arrival, some initial benefits of the new ticketing system include print at home tickets now being emailed directly to the purchaser as a PDF while tickets can now be sent directly as a PDF text to a mobile device to help save you time. To help you scan your ticket, please see the video below.

Just a reminder to those driving to the game, please do not park in unauthorised areas, as you may be fined/clamped. The club's north gravel car park and other car parks will be open.